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Friday, December 12, 2008

Storm in a Tea Cup

Well, I did it. I made it back here before Christmas, what do you know!

I thought I'd post an update on Tempest for all to see. It's slow progress but he's coming along. I'm really enjoying him. There is a lot of thread blending and I did say never again after The Wave but, hey, I guess I'm just a sucker for punishment.

I've had a bit of a hic-cup with HDYGG. The fabric I've used isn't long enough! Nightmare. I'm going to have to improvise somehow. I knew that it was going to be tight when I selected the fabric - it was an off-cut from something else, but I thought I would just about get away with it. How wrong was I? If you've got the pattern and have any brigth ideas they will be gratefully received. Here's my problem:-

At the bottom of the dark green stitching there should be another large flower mirroring the one at the top in the picture below. There is obviously no space for this. So, I don't know. I may just do as many of the other flowers that will fit and leave the bottom one completely.

About Me

I'm 24601! No, not really, I'm 45 and a mother of two teenage girls. I love crossstitch and playing the Sims so my spare time gets divided between the two. I'm also trying to get fit (yet again). Sometimes I stitch a lot, other times progress is very slow. I tend to stitch large designs which means finishes are far and few between, but for me the fun is in the stitching rather than the finishing. Please join me for the ride.